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You can’t rent victory (opens the original)
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On September 11, 2026, Houthi fighters climbed out of boats onto Perim Island and raised their flag. The government troops holding the island had already left.Allies of the Iranian government, the Houthis effectively cut Bab-Al Mandeb strait, potentially threatening 10% of the worlds shipping.<di
How the US ran out of interceptors (opens the original)
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On August 4, 2026, CBS News reported that the US was running out of interceptors and ammunition to supply the war in Iran.Patriot interceptor stocks had fallen from roughly 2,330 to somewhere between 759 and 827. That means that US stocks are depleted until 2029. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4wHT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F87d9dc97-132c-4d21-b97a-4ebc
How nations manipulate your feed (opens the original)
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The Oil No Country Wants to Sell (opens the original)
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Bryan Mound sits off a two-lane road outside Freeport, Texas. From the shoulder you see pipes standing up out of the grass and the tops of a few tanks.Under that lot sit hundreds of millions of barrels of crude, stored in salt caverns hollowed out of the coastal domes. Presidents use that oil in a crisis the way they reach for a carrier group. It’s not flashy, but it is a geopolitical tool as important as the military.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/ima
What makes a great naval chokepoint? (opens the original)
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Check out a map of the world's busiest shipping routes:<img alt="Main Maritime Shipping Routes and Chokepoints | Port Economics, Management and Policy" class="sizing-large" height="600" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OyEX!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:g
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